Dorothy Head Knode

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Dorothy Head Knode’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.

Insights

Late-career return produced the only Open Era result

Her lone Open Era Grand Slam appearance came at the 1969 French Open, where she reached the round of 64 at age 43. That was her only Open Era result, contrasting sharply with her much deeper Amateur Era runs.

Peak stretch centered on 1955-1959

All 16 Grand Slam tournaments fall between 1946 and 1969, but the densest and strongest run is 1955-1959. In that five-year span she produced both finals, four semifinals, and three quarterfinals, including consecutive French Open finals in 1955 and 1957.

French Open was her most productive major

Her best results at the French Open were 2 finals, 2 semifinals, and 1 quarterfinal, making it the only Slam where she reached the final twice. The French Open also supplied her 1955 and 1957 finals, plus semifinal runs in 1952 and 1953.

US Open gave her the broadest spread of deep runs

At the US Open she reached every stage from quarterfinal to semifinal, with results of Q in 1946, 1947, 1956, 1958, and 1959, plus S in 1955, 1957, and 1957. That makes it her most frequent source of late-round appearances by count.

Wimbledon peak was narrower but still elite

Wimbledon appears only three times in her record, yet both 1953 and 1957 ended in the semifinals. Her other Wimbledon result was a quarterfinal in 1955, showing a compact but consistently deep pattern whenever she played there.

Basics

Born	4 July 1925
Gender	Female
AKA	Dottie Head Knode/Dorothy Head/Dorothy Knode
Nation	United States
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1946-1947, 1952-1953, 1955-1959, 1969

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	16
Best results Open Era	1 x R64
Best results Amateur Era	2 x finalist 6 x semifinalist 7 x quarterfinalist
Total matches	87
W/L-record	71-16 (82% won)

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Dorothy Head Knode – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1969	French Open	Open Era	R64	43
1959	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	34
1958	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	33
1958	French Open	Amateur Era	Q	32
1957	US Open	Amateur Era	S	32
1957	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	32
1957	French Open	Amateur Era	F	31
1956	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	31
1955	US Open	Amateur Era	S	30
1955	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	Q	29
1955	French Open	Amateur Era	F	29
1953	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	S	27
1953	French Open	Amateur Era	S	27
1952	French Open	Amateur Era	S	26
1947	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	22
1946	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	21